I met Elio Madonia recently on a trip to the Dominican Republic. Elio is truly a fascinating individual. For the past twenty five years of his life, he has given himself to helping the poor with one of their most basic needs – housing. As a retired business owner, he had a plan mapped out
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2 Comments » I was really challenged by this book from Jim Collins. His basic assertion is that decline can be avoided, detected, and reversed. Hope can even be found in the middle of decline. Jim writes from a business perspective, but it would be easy to apply many of these thoughts not only to an orginization, but
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Comments Off Today is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. I was ten years old at the time, and don’t really remember many of the details of that day or his unfortunate death. John was murdered on December 8, 1980 shortly after the release of a new album called Double Fantasy. Even though John was somewhat
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